The Washington critic., 1887-07-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The Spanish Government has decided to
abolish the Cuban export duties on sugar,
molasses and spirits.
W. II. Nichols, a prominent sheep man
OF Green County, Texas, was shot and killed
last Sunday by an unknown assassin.
The Nandal!a train when near Indian.
apolis, Thursday night, was fired into by
four men who had been elected from the
train. No one was Injured.
District Assembly No. 3. X. of l. com
prising all assemblies In Allegheny County,
Pa, yesterday elected delegates to the Gem
eral Assembly favorable to MIR. Powderly.
Mrs. Hattie Seymour, an aged lady, living
In Harrison Township, Ninton County,
Ohio, was found murdered in her house
Thursday night. The object Of the murder
was robbery.
The l,S00 striking employees of the Read
ing Iron Works have agreed to 60 to work
on Monday and finish all orders on hand at
the old wages, the question OF reduction to
be decided hereafter.
Dr. L. G. Stevens, the oldest physician in
charged with malpractice upon Miss Mary
Hall, an operative of the York mills, Saco.
He is over 20 years old.
James W. Porch, ex-Consul- General to
Mexico, is Ell route to Washington. lie
says he has prepared final report In The
sedgwck case, which he will present to the
United States Government.
David Hoffman was hanged at Nebraska
City, Neb,, yesterday for wrecking a MIS-
souri, Pacific passenger train on the night OF
the llth Of January last OF Dunbar, q small
station on the Missouri 4acidc.
The muchtalked-of onc.inning match be-
tween the Toronto Cricket Club and the Bel
monts Of Philadelphia, came of at Toronto
anI al taI t.,t lat 81 tI,.,
home team by a score OF ISL to 1888.
The sheriff yesterday levied on the effects
OF the Globe Tack WorEs, in Norristown,
Pa, on on execution issued on three ju ig-
ments aggregating $li 200, held by Jam0s
Kenworthy, wealthy manufacturer.
The Minneapolis (Minn.) Chamber of
Commerce yesterday appointed commit
tee to meet with other committees to ex-
tend an invitation to President Cleveland
to visit Minneapolis on his proposed North
western trip.
The Alabama and Tennessee Coal Com
pany, Sheffield and Birmingham Railroad,
and the Alabama improvement Company
have united into Ole corporation, making
one Of the largest companies ever organized
in the South.
August Schleicher aged 20 years, drug
clerk, OF Hoboken, N. j., committed suicide
yesterday by taking dose OF prussic acid.
lie had been rejected by pretty brunette
named Minnie Pohl, with whom he was
deeply In love.
The business failures occurring through
out the country dnring the last seven days
number for the United States III, aud for
Canada %, or total OF liz, as compared
with total OF 110 last week, and l5i the
| week previous to the last.
AT the inquest in connection with the late
| railway disaster In st 1homas, Ontario
| witnesses swore that the engineer was uular
the influence Of liquor and ulilt TO control
the tTGln also, that the conductor had been
| drinking, though not intoxicated.
The first spechl trspscontlnental train Of
| ten cars from California passed through
| Chicago Thursday, 1--WE cars beIng dropped
| there aud the other five taken on to New
York. The freight on the ten carloads from
| San Francisco to Chicago was $1,000.
TIE Memphis cannon.ball train on the
| Iron Mountain Railroad ran over COW
| near Piedmont, Mo-, derailiDg the whole
| train, and killing the engineer, Alex Ham
| ilton. All the passengers were badly shaken
up, but rone were seriously injured.
The East River Ferry Company yesterday
| filed formal transfer IN New Iuik of all
| It's property, Including real estate, ferry
houses, hoals and frarchi.ee, to the Metro
| polltan Ferry Company, recently incOrpo-
rated 10 assume the duties OF the old con.
papy, which now goes cut Of existence.
The expressed consideration Is 50, 10000.
Thomas Abbott, who recently went to ST.
Louis from Toronto with his young bride,
has disappeared, and Is thought to have
committed suicide. About ten days ago his
wife died, leaving q letter, in which she
said she had takeu poison aud asking him
to follow her. Ills family had been
offended by the marriage and they had
been In financial distress In st. Louis,